MMSL 2016, 85(3):130-131 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2016.022

THE MYSTERY OF GULF WAR SYNDROME PERSISTSLetter to the editor

Jiří Patočka ORCID...1,2
1 Institute of Radiology, Toxicology and Civil Protection, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
2 Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Gulf War Syndrome (GWS), also known as Gulf War Illness (GWI), is a long-term multi-symptom disorder which was described in military veterans and civilian workers who were employed in the first Gulf War (1990-1991). Out of approximately 700 000 soldiers who served in Operation Desert Storm (ODS), one-fourth to one-third (25-32%) of them reported symptoms corresponding to GWS. Medically unexplained symptoms have been reported among both civilians and military personnel involved in the combat. A wide range of acute and chronic symptoms have been linked to it, including fatigue, muscle pain, cognitive problems, rashes and diarrhea. Twenty-five years after the end of the fighting, the mystery of GWS ...

Received: August 28, 2016; Revised: August 28, 2016; Published: September 27, 2016  Show citation

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Patočka, J. (2016). THE MYSTERY OF GULF WAR SYNDROME PERSISTS. MMSL, 85(3), 130-131. doi: 10.31482/mmsl.2016.022
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